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Human Rights Campaign initiative strives to overcome HIV stigma

A groundbreaking new cohort of participants will soon travel to the nation’s capital to tackle shame and mental health challenges associated with HIV.

Republicans Attempt to Hijack Defense Bill With Anti-Transgender Amendments​

Far-right lawmakers want to use the bill to target access to abortion, gender-affirming care, and more in the military.

Who Is Fighting the Economic Oppression of LGBTQI+ People?

Having a decent livelihood and freedom from discrimination are human rights for all people.

HRC Cannot Be Trusted Until It Answers for Alphonso David Firing

In this op-ed, Duane Cramer lays out how the Human Rights Campaign's painful history connects to the recent firing.

A second Trump term would double down on erasing transgender rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing.

“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.

Monkeypox Cases Are Down Nationally but Up in Communities of Color

The White House announced a new program aimed at reaching communities of color with education, vaccination, and treatment of monkeypox in order to ensure health care access equity.

U.S. Health and Human Services' Dr. Rachel Levine Never Sleeps

The history-making secretary is busy working on the ongoing pandemic, health equity, addiction and mental health, and the implications of climate change.

Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity

Shanker, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive Americans, will work in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the  Department of Health and Human Services.

What is Project 2025 and what does it mean for LGBTQ+ Americans?

Far-right activists have put together a series of directives for the next conservative president. Here's what it would mean to the LGBTQ+ community.

The Cost of Inaction on PEPFAR, the AIDS Relief Program That's Saved Millions

Leaders of Partners In Health, the international public health nonprofit, write about the danger of not funding PEPFAR, a program that's saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections.

Weekend Monkeypox Vaccination Clinics Announced by White House

Visitors to large LGBTQ+ events in several major cities this holiday weekend will be able to get a monkeypox vaccine onsite.

Maryland Governor Signs Bill Assuring Medicaid Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care

Gov. Wes Moore also signed legislation protecting abortion rights.

The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Global Gag Rule: LGBT Rights

As the administration takes aim at reproductive services across the globe, all kinds of people suffer.

How did the Biden administration just make health care fairer for LGBTQ+ people?

The Biden-Harris administration announced a rule change that restores protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation in health care settings.

Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up

SAGE and GRIOT Circle are pooling resources to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ seniors -- the heads of both groups explain why more queer organizations should follow suit.

Only 6% of LGBTQ+ People Say They Aren't Getting a COVID Vaccine

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that 91 percent of LGBTQ+ people surveyed said they were already vaccinated, which is about 30 percent higher than the general population. 

Obamacare Prohibits Providers From Denying Health Care to Trans People

The Obama administration is banning health providers from denying access to transgender people because of their gender identity.

Beyoncé’s Charity Supports Human Rights Campaign’s Vegas Equality Ball

The celebration of Black and Brown queer culture will feature various artists and performers.

White House Rolls Out Monkeypox Pilot Program at Charlotte Pride

North Carolina health officials became the first to implement a new Health and Human Services pilot program to provide monkeypox vaccines to those at risk.

Harvard marks Pride Month with new LGBTQ+ Health Center of Excellence

The prestigious institution will launch a center dedicated to advancing health equity for LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+ Elders Face Decades of Discrimination. Republicans Don’t Care

Cutting eldercare -- especially services for LGBTQ+ elder communities -- from the American Jobs Plan would be inhumane.